The operating system is the main part that comes into play whenever you opt for web hosting service. Depending on eth language in which the web site is created as PHP, Perl, and my sql. The operating system that is to be installed on the computer is decided. It may be windows or Linux operating system. Even if windows operating system is installed, then Linux can also be installed and both can work simultaneously. Linux is an operating system similar to windows 98, windows Xp, windows vista. Bu the features of Linux are completely different from the windows features. Linux source code is available for free of cost when you buy any Linux distribution like red hat or ubuntu. Generally the web page of the site and source of site is written in html with the help of scirptlets. Scriptlet is nothing but a block of java code embedded inside the html tags. The html tags take care about the outlook of web age and the java code is used for proper functioning of the application.
Linux webhosting is the best hosting service and it is reliable and highly stable. It is licensed software that handles the web hosting service. But before using the Linux operating system, learn how to use the Linux OS.